Knesset Member Nachman Shai (Kadima) commented on reports suggesting a new construction project was approved in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, saying that "the government clumsiness knows no bounds.

"(Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu has proven that his promises, included those given this past week, are worthless and that while en route to meet (US President Barack( Obama he is planting the seeds for the next crisis." (Amnon Meranda)